In a 288-page report as long and detailed as any Supreme Court ruling, a 34-member, bipartisan presidential commission couldn’t reach consensus on whether the nation’s highest judicial panel should grow […]
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Donors aren’t separate from their deeds
by Benjamin Soskis It was a supreme moment of addition by subtraction. On Dec. 9, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced an agreement with representatives of the Sackler family to […]
Building the wall back better
During a debate with George H.W. Bush in New Hampshire in 1980, the moderator asked that Ronald Reagan’s microphone be “turned off for the moment.” Reagan was angry and said […]
COLUMN: It’s time to take a holiday break
The season is in full swing, with holiday decor from your neighbor’s house to the mall, traffic backed up a mile-long with frantic holiday shoppers, the air smelling of either […]
AREA ARRESTS
WESTOVER POLICE Hughes, Salvatore Nmn Hughes, 61, of Morgantown, domestic battery, Dec. 14, Officer Cather. MON SHERIFF’S Harner, Travis Alan, 42, of Morgantown, destruction of property, burglary, Dec. 12, Deputy […]
West Virginia Academy among schools affected by latest charter school ruling
MORGANTOWN — An injunction by a Kanawah County judge blocking charter school approval could affect the way West Virginia Academy opens in Fall 2022. John Treu, West Virginia Academy president, […]
Robert Ridenour
Robert “Bob” Jackson Ridenour, 81, of Birdscreek Road, Tunnelton, passed away Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, at his residence with family by his side. He was born on Nov. 17, 1940, […]
Lois Mayfield
Lois Jane Mayfield, 75, of Morgantown, passed away on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, at Mon Health Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born the fifth of […]
Scott Tennant
Donald Scott Tennant, “Scott,” 52, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. He was born April 21, 1969, in Morgantown, the son of the late Clarence Tennant Sr., and […]
Wilma Marshall
Wilma Jean Marshall, 91, of Morgantown, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at Mon Health Medical Center. Wilma was born in Morgantown on Sept. 30, 1930, to the late […]
